i mean no disrespect entering the grounds im just extremly intrigued after hearing my step dad talk about it and my boss etc, Awesome place to explore at night me and some mates meet a man who lives in one of the administration blocks.We were able to gain access to the shock ward building at night,spent 3 hours in there 10pm till 1am was an unusual but very airy feeling,would love to be able to explore more abandoned/places like this :) Amazing. It was like a branch breaking. Kingseat Hospital was named after a hospital in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, following the Director-General of the Mental Health Division of the Health Department (Dr. George Gray) upon returning from an overseas trip and he felt it appropriate to have a sister hospital with the same name in New Zealand. It has also been reported that at least two patients had vanished whilst at the hospital and little is known about what happened to these people. "Iwouldn't get worked up about that, personally.". 'Hence I personally don't really give them much time, or take them seriously,' he said. Auckland City Hospital Carrie Zeiler, a member of the Kingseat Community Association, said: As far as we understand the company that is buying it own the administration block here and nothing has happened with that for years, so to be honest, we dont hold out much hope for anything changing.. Local company Haunted Auckland, which specialises in the investigation of 'ghosts, UFO's, urban legends and forgotten histories' of the area took a special interest in the site after the hospital, which adjoins the morgue and nurse's living quarters, was bought as a place to conduct after-dark paintball games and erect a 'spook house' run by company Spookers. Random photo 2018 gallery, Spookers visit with Steph from Smash! His case was reopened by police in 2004, 36 years after his death, after fellow patient and friend Stephen Lindsay came forward as a witness. 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It opened in 1912 with a few patients transferred from Porirua Hospital near Wellington, and closed in 1997. Who owns Kingseat Hospital? Inside Kingseat Hospitals maximum security wing, stained floors and scratched walls are remnants of real horror Source: Haunted Auckland / YouTube. This led to the eventual closure of Kingseat Hospital in July 1999, when the final patients were re-located off the complex to a mental health unit in Otara. Piles of mattresses and old couches line the abandoned rooms of the former children's ward that will house 35 men by January.. One of the most prolific reports is of the 'Grey Nurse', believed to be the ghost of a former worker who died while the psychiatric hospital was still operational. Kingseat Hospital, in Newmachar, was closed in 1999 before being taken over by Avant Homes which subsequently built 300 houses at the site. Mark The thing that dawned on me as we wandered the maze-like corridors and interconnecting levels, was how deceptive the building is from the outside. Planning officers have now placed an enforcement notice alleging that Avant has breached conditions at the site by not building the play park in line with the original planning permission. I certainly wouldnt consider myself sensitive (not that I know of, anyway) and arent able to feel what the two Medium / Sensitives in the group are able to sense at times. Yes some had murdered, I hope God forgives anyone whom stayed here as a patient. Matthews official cause of death was pneumonia but Lindsay, who was 14 at the time, alleged this was a cover-up of horrific abuse. Heather Mcnab for Daily Mail Australia
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The Bairds Road unit, Tamaki-Oranga, will house 20 mentally ill patients which were identified of needing on-going hospitalisation and rehabilitation. What's in a name? 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' will be back for its sixth season at its home on SBS VICELAND. Nearly ten years after the case was re-opened, the Haunted Auckland team decided to settle empirically whether the residence was haunted. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Archival footage in Spookers shows a doctor administering medicine to young men at Kingseat Hospital Source: SBS VICELAND. The team also discovered the diary of a former staff member, who described the terrible conditions the patients were forced to live in. Enjoyed my time there. 'Clem hit the floor with a hell of a thud. Copyright 2011-2021 Haunted Auckland. We dont run the Spookers attraction, so if youre interested in employment it may be better to check on their website. 8 great Mark Strong roles With our Facility Locator, you can discover the nearest Kindred Hospital Facility. Website Admin for Haunted Auckland. Hi, Yes please, we would certainly like to hear froM anyone that has stories from their time at Kingseat. Skip to main content. Following a meeting Mark had with Beth, one of the managers of Spookers, the two were shown the entire building from level to level, section to section to plan ahead for the upcoming investigations. [7], Kingseat Hospital was in operation from 1932. [1] It is located in Karaka, New Zealand, south of Auckland and since 2005 has been used as a site for Spookers;[2] and since 2013 a site for Asylum Paintball and Laser Combat; three New Zealand attractions. [8] In 2005, a television episode of Ghost Hunt featured the site of the former hospital. 'We could use the hours between meals to just clean up the dining rooms.. Flower gardens, shrubs and trees were grown in the grounds of Kingseat Hospital, using surplus plants from the Ellerslie Racecourse and Norfolk Island pine seeds from Sir George Greys garden on Kawau Island. Mr Ford said: Regardless of ownership the imperative is to get the development completed, including the provision of a childrens play park, as soon as possible. "For us" - former Kingseat patients -"it's a memorialbeing defaced," says Lampshire. In 2010, New Zealand filmmaker Dale Stewart shot his horror film Compound at the former hospital property after receiving permission from Spookers, the current owners. Anomalien.com (anomaly + alien) is one of the most popular websites with the latest breaking news and articles on UFOs/UAPs and all the unexplained and paranormal since 2013. 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If you would like to hear them let me know! Footage shows the paranormal investigators of Haunted Auckland supposedly communing with a ghost named Alexis Jackson, a nurse who continues to look after patients at the hospital. Kingseat Hospital is a former mental health facility near Newmachar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its also home to haunted attraction scream park Spookers. But whether you believe in the supernatural or not, its undeniable the walls of Kingseat Hospital have seen real horror unimaginable to many of us. The nurse is just one of many 'shadows' spotted in the halls, a phenomena which Mark described as having 'always existed and feed[ing] on negative energies and the emotions of fear'. It is sited within the old Spinal Unit complex and is surrounded by electrified fences. I had heard something snap. Kingseat was built in Karakafrom1929 and opened in 1932,a rural refuge away from the toxicity of city life where patients could reside while returning to health. In 2011, ideas were proposed to grow the area in the Kingseat suburb tenfold for the areas equine industry. Spookers were finalists of the years Tourism Industry Awards. The property contains abandoned nurse's quarters where the apparition is meant to have been spotted lurking in the shadows. Staff suicide [was] common on the grounds,' read the team's report. The air felt heavy and thick to walk through. Meanwhile, TV show Ghost Hunt features footage of an unplugged dentist chair turning itself on (you can check it out here) and claims to have captured the shape of a ghosts face in a shower stall. Patient history was questioned in Parliament throughout 1997 by Manukau East MP Ross Robertson. We were told that more nurses died at Kingseat than patients. And its for good reason its a full-blown immersive horror attraction at the haunted attraction scream park, as the documentary Spookers (screening on SBS Viceland and SBS On Demand) vividly demonstrates. Investigating Ghosts, Cryptids, UFOs, Urban Legends and Forgotten Histories of Aotearoa, Angry homesick doll yearns for the Highlands, Kingseat History and Nurses Hostel Walk-through, Ghost Cam: Furman Theatre, Greenville South Carolina. The promo for the 2014 season of local television show Shortland Street was partly filmed at Kingseat Hospital[23] as was a music video for I Am Giant. We were sure he was being beaten, but were always told by hospital staff he had walked into a door., I think something happened to him. Certainly didnt feel natural to me at all.'. That place was creepy af. [32] The three quantities of 6 (years, months, days) are a reference to 666, the Number of the Beast. However, we still need more evidence to make a call as big as whether or not the location is actually haunted,' Wallbank said. [9] The hospital grew throughout the mid-late 1930s and 1940s to such an extent that by the beginning of 1947, there were over eight hundred patients. I cried with relief to learn this hospital has closed. The horrordcoris designed to provoke certain reactions, however in the backstage corridors it felt much like an old hotel or dormitory similar to Tavistock Hotel, but with a less lived-in feel. "We talked about whether it was appropriateand whether we felt that it was disrespectful," says Watson. An aerial view of the Kingseat Hospital grounds. A former psychiatric hospital which has fallen into disrepair has been sold. In 1996, South Auckland Health sold Kingseat Hospital after government decisions to replace ongoing hospitalisation of mentally ill patients with community care and rehabilitation units. Do not cause damage or steal from locations. I spent a night there once and as you can imagine it was pretty weird. For Healthcare Questions call 1.866.KINDRED. The Orville is blasting off at SBS VICELAND By 2004, more than two-hundred people had come forward to file complaints against the national government for claims of mistreatment and abuse of patients at New Zealands psychiatric institutions (including Kingseat Hospital) during the 1960s and 1970s. 'The paranormal is a personal journey and needs to be experienced on a personal level to be appreciated or understood. Flower gardens, shrubs and trees were grown in the grounds of Kingseat Hospital such as surplus plants from the Ellerslie Racecourse and Norfolk Island pines originally seeds from Sir George Greys garden on Kawau Island. [41], For the hospital in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, see. When we entered the room temperature had dropped and we got a real awkward feeling that we just rushed out. A Return to Kingseat and a residential assessment. Kingseat Hospital is located just south of Auckland (New Zealand) at Karaka and is a former psychiatric hospital that is considered to be one of New Zealand's notorious haunted locations with over one hundred claims of apparitions being reported. All Rights Reserved. [25] In 2005, the haunted attraction Spookers opened in the area of the former hospital[2] in the former nurse hostel. [7] During the 1970s and 1980s, there were many places attached to psychiatric hospitals in New Zealand where alcoholics were treated for their drinking addictions and Villas 4 and 11 at Kingseat Hospital served this purpose. We will continue to manage security operations on the site until the end of November 2017, after which time responsibility will be transferred to the new owners.. [21] That same year, Haunted Auckland conducted a paranormal investigation at the site. [36] In May 2014, Spookers made plans to open in Queensland, Australia. The haunted history of an abandoned psychiatric hospital has been caught on camera, revealing a glimpse into the tortured lives of those who lived there for over 50 years. As of 2007, the most common apparition reportedly seen at Kingseat Hospital was the Grey Nurse, believed to be a former staff member, in and around the former nurses home. The road around the hospital is probably haunted from traffic accidents caused by people living there. Canmore ID 110736. It insists no forensic patients will be held at the unit. [20] In 2013, a property developer revealed a plan to transform the site of the hospital into a countryside living estate with four hundred and fifty homes. [13], After the closure of Kingseat Hospital in 1999, the grounds were initially considered as a potential site for a new prison, able to accommodate for six hundred inmates. In 2011, ideas were proposed to grow the area in the Kingseat suburb tenfold for the areas equine industry. The baby room appears to be a bit of a hotspot for activity from what weve heard, and your experience appears to further confirm there is something odd with that room. [19], In 2010, New Zealand filmmaker Dale Stewart shot his horror film Compound at the former hospital property after receiving permission from Spookers, the current owners. With over 100 reported ghost sightings at Kingseat, the most prevalent is The Grey Nurse who took his own life and now apparently dwells in the old nurses quarters. 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' will be back for its sixth season at its home on SBS VICELAND. And at the Kingseat villas, theres been some serious poltergeist activity with reports of shaking cupboard doors, tapping on windows, self-operating toilets and taps, and moving furniture. ', 'You have to be in this field to stay grounded.'. How The Bridge kick-started a global phenomenon In doing so, the documentary prompts a question itavoids answering:is it appropriateto use a former psychiatric hospital building as a haunted house? In 1973, a Therapeutic pool was opened by the then-Mayoress of Auckland, Barbara Goodman, four years before the main swimming pool was added to the hospital in 1977. Everything if your name is Steve Hitler Hey guys, does anybody know someone who lives in Kingseat? South Auckland Health insists local Otara residents have nothing to fear. Kingseat Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital located in Karaka, south of Auckland. During the 1970s and 1980s, there were many places attached to psychiatric hospitals in New Zealand where alcoholics were treated for their drinking addictions and Villas 4 and 11 at Kingseat Hospital served this purpose. [15] By 2004, more than two-hundred people had come forward to file complaints against the national government for claims of mistreatment and abuse of patients at New Zealand's psychiatric institutions (including Kingseat Hospital) during the 1960s and 1970s. You can rent them, I lived in the church. In 1996, South Auckland Health sold Kingseat Hospital after government decisions to replace ongoing hospitalisation of mentally ill patients with community care and rehabilitation units. Many of the special effects and props used at Spookers were created with assistance from Weta Workshop. Who's that guy? It was horrible living in the nurses home, it was horrible working in the huge main kitchen and it was worse working in the separate units. I am not a suspicious person by nature, but I do believe something happened to my brother.. The hospital grew throughout the mid-late 1930s and 1940s to such an extent that by the beginning of 1947, there were over eight hundred patients. [16] As of 2007[update], the most common apparition reportedly seen at Kingseat Hospital was the "Grey Nurse", believed to be a former staff member, in and around the former nurses' home. [6] The construction began when twenty patients from a nearby mental institution came to the site along with twelve wheelbarrows and ten shovels. The Haunted Auckland group returned to the Spookers building at Kingseat to look further into incidents which had happened on the previous investigation sessions, looking for explanations and to gather more evidence of the paranormal activity in this former psychiatric hospital.. Return Visit to Spookers / Nurses Hostel 7th April 2013. Beth Watson, who founded Spookerswith her family in 2005, was originally drawn to the building's appearance and its proximity to the small forest nearby - now the "Freaky Forest". I am as yet undecided as to whether or not this would be due to natural causes or even something unnatural. [35] In April 2014, the Haunted Auckland team requested former workers to share their experiences. If residents require more serious health treatments the closest hospital is the Victoria in Kirkcaldy. This time our mission was to try to recapture, recreate . [33] In October 2012, Spookers (which is open every Friday and Saturday night in addition to each Halloween), offered a bus to accommodate visitor transport for the occasion. The old Kingseat psychiatric hospital is bulging at the seams. A few years after my leaving I had a short horror story published entitled Bandages, using some of my experience of working in some of the back wards. Not breaking in, rather just wandering around and taking in the sights and atmosphere of the place,' Wallbank, told Daily Mail Australia. Avant Homes confirmed ownership would be transferred at the end of November. [1] I worked as a psychiatric nurse in Kingseat from 1978 through 1980. Spookers is believed to be Australasia's only haunted attraction scream park as of 2011[update],[3] and "the number 1 Haunted Attraction in the Southern Hemisphere". Check out our Kingseat Photo Gallery! [12] In 1996, South Auckland Health sold Kingseat Hospital after government decisions to replace ongoing hospitalisation of mentally ill patients with community care and rehabilitation units. Now another firm ZTK, which is understood to already own the former administration block, has purchased the remaining buildings. Due to Manukau City Council consent conditions a Liaison committee between South Auckland Health and local resident representatives has been set up. [19], In 2011, ideas were proposed to grow the area in the Kingseat suburb tenfold for the area's equine industry. Please be safe and act in a responsible and respectful manner. "We just felt more comfortable, because it was the nurses hostel," she says. 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